remember how someone something about somali americans being the lowest income household? well I came across a page and it was right-somali americans do have the lowest income, but there were a few things I found when I dug further that pretty much explained why the total income was so low.
1.) according to the U.S census in 2014 roughly 45% of the Somali population spoke "less than well English"
2.) citizenship - Note: the total population is around 150,000
so 45k out of the total population have not yet recieved citizenship. When I compared to the nationalities, the only one that came close was the Iraqis (who happen to be the second lowest)
3.) according to the stats below out of the population born outside of the U.S, 74% came within the last 14 years (of the 2014 census) and almost a third had arrived with the past 4 years. View attachment 14379
And if anyone thinks I'm trying to do "damage control" to save face for american somalis, I'm actually not. I only do this as a service to the young kids on here
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1.) according to the U.S census in 2014 roughly 45% of the Somali population spoke "less than well English"
2.) citizenship - Note: the total population is around 150,000
3.) according to the stats below out of the population born outside of the U.S, 74% came within the last 14 years (of the 2014 census) and almost a third had arrived with the past 4 years. View attachment 14379
And if anyone thinks I'm trying to do "damage control" to save face for american somalis, I'm actually not. I only do this as a service to the young kids on here
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